Р. Дж. Баркер – лучшие книги

На протяжении поколений мореходы Ста островов строили свои корабли из костей морских драконов, чтобы вести бесконечную войну. Драконы исчезли, но битвы за превосходство продолжались. Противники стараются захватить две главные ценности: драконью кость для строительства новых кораблей и детей, чьи души после жертвоприношения придают кораблям силы. И вот первый за века дракон был замечен в далеких водах, и обе стороны видят возможность изменить соотношение сил в свою пользу, ведь тот, кто его добудет, выиграет не только славу, но и войну. Дочь верховной правительницы сослана на корабль мертвых. Под ее началом — команда приговоренных к…

После появления аракесиана мир готов снова погрузиться в пучину войны, ведь кости морского змея — бесценный материал для кораблей. Ужасная находка после кораблекрушения раскрывает команде «Дитя Приливов» часть бесчеловечного плана правительницы Ста островов. Но Удачливая Миас готова на все, чтобы остановить мать. Джорон Твайнер открывает в себе непостижимый дар — он может песней призвать кейшана. От действий Джорона, ветрогона и Миас зависят жизни множества людей. Они творят историю. Но за это придется дорого заплатить.

Удачливая Миас в плену, а «Дитя приливов» становится флагманом черного флота. Джорон Твайнер, потерявший Супругу корабля и последнюю надежду на свободу, атакует Сто островов. Гниль кейшана пожирает тело Джорона, времени становится все меньше и пророчество, обещающее гибель всего мира от рук Твайнера, не дает о себе забыть. Но если морские драконы, которых все считали вымершими, вернулись в мир, то остается надежда на новое чудо.

To catch an assassin, use an assassin...

Girton Club-foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, still has much to learn about the art of taking lives. But his latest mission tasks him and his master with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone, or many someones, is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton and his master to uncover the traitor and prevent the prince's murder.

In a kingdom on the brink of civil war and a castle thick with lies Girton finds friends he never expected, responsibilities he never wanted, and a conspiracy that could destroy an entire kingdom.

In a world locked in eternal winter and haunted by prophecy, a young boy trains for years to become the Chosen One, only for another to rise and claim his place in the start of an unmissable epic from a rising star in fantasy.

The northlands of Crua are locked in eternal winter, but prophecy tells of the chosen child – who will rule in the name of their God, and take warmth back from the South. Cahal du Nahere was raised to be this person: the Cowl-Rai, the saviour. Taken from his parents and prepared for his destiny.

But his time never came

When he was fifteen he ceased to matter. Another Cowl-Rai had risen, another chosen one, raised in the name of a different God. The years of vicious physical and mental training he had endured, the sacrifice, all for nothing. He became nothing.

Twenty years later, and Cahal lives a life of secrecy on the edges of Crua’s giant forests – hiding what he is, running from what he can do. But when he is forced to reveal his true nature, he sets off a sequence of events that will reveal secrets that will shake the bedrock of his entire world, and expose lies that have persisted for generations.

So, as I mentioned on my twitter. The earliest version of The Bone Ships had a prologue that we removed as we thought it might be a bit confusing for the reader (because of a the sudden change of point of view it would cause.) But here it is for you to have a read of and hopefully it will distract you a bit from all the virus DOOM. — R.J. Barker.

From British Fantasy Award-winning author RJ Barker comes the epic conclusion to the Forsaken trilogy, set in a forest straight out of darkest folklore with outlaws fighting an evil empire and warring deities.
"That thing in Tiltspire, it keeps Cahan like a trophy. It says to us, here is your strongest and I have killed him."

Cahan Du Nahare is lost, taken by a dark god whose tendrils reach throughout the world, intent on its destruction. Those who followed Cahan are spread across the land, desperate and lost now fate has turned against them. The Reborn warriors are toys for the enemy, the warrior Dassit, forestal Ania and monk Ont are drawn to the dangerous north but do not know why. Udinny is forced into the company of a woman who desires nothing more than her death and the Rai, Sorha, leads a dwindling band on a mission even she believes is doomed to failure. Only the trion Venn remains hopeful, slowly growing in power and trusting in the path of their god.

But maybe all is not lost. The great Wyrdwoods of Crua may be ancient and slow to act, but something in them is waking.

The Forester known as Cahan led the village of Harn in rebellion against the all-powerful, oppressive forces of the Rai. A great victory was won, but to avoid retaliation, he must now lead the people of Harn into the forest.

Cahan never wanted this responsibility, but fate and his gods have conspired against him. Without him, the people will be helpless against the great beasts and poisonous traps of the forest - not to mention worse things that dwell there. A corruption grows in the fungi and decay of the Wyrdwood, a magic unlike any Cahan has ever seen - can he resist its deadly pull, while avoiding his pursuers, and trying to turn his charges into true people of the Wyrdwood?

Warlords of Wyrdwood is book two in a new fantasy trilogy set within the bounds of a forest straight out of darkest folklore - with outlaws fighting an evil empire and warring deities. RJ Barker is the British Fantasy Society Award-winning author of The Bone Ships and Age of Assassins.

Король умер. Да здравствует король!
Прошли долгие годы мира, время относительного спокойствия для убийцы Гиртона Косолапого. Даже Чума Забвения, опустошившая остальные королевства, казалось, обошла их стороной.
Но теперь Руфра взирает на пустующий трон Верховного короля и отправляет свой двор в столицу, крысиное гнездо интриг и убийств, где соберутся все враги, которых он когда-либо нажил. Будет разыгран финал двадцатилетней политики и убийств в его стремлении стать королем. Царь всех царей.
Друзья становятся врагами, враги становятся друзьями, а бог смерти, Невидимый, стоит ближе, чем когда-либо, отбрасывая свою тень на все самое дорогое для Гиртона.
"King of Assassins" — это финальная 3-я книга из цикла The Wounded Kingdom, стильное фэнтези и идеальная книга в подарок для тех, кто ценит красоту эпических битв и захватывающих приключений древней гильдии мастеров убийств.
Книга на английском языке.
The King is Dead, Long Live the King . . .
Many years of peace have passed in Maniyadoc, years of relative calm for the assassin Girton Club-Foot. Even the Forgetting Plague, which ravaged the rest of the kingdoms, seemed to pass them by. But now Rufra ap Vthyr eyes the vacant High-King's throne and will take his court to the capital, a rat's nest of intrigue and murder, where every enemy he has ever made will gather and the endgame of twenty years of politics and murder will be played out in his bid to become the King of all Kings.
Friends become enemies, enemies become friends and the god of death, Xus the Unseen, stands closer than ever - casting his shadow over everything most dear to Girton.

To catch an assassin, use an assassin...
Girton Club-Foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, still has much to learn about the art of taking lives. But his latest mission tasks Girton and his master with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone, or many someones, is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton and his master to uncover the traitor and prevent the prince's murder.
In a kingdom on the brink of civil war and a castle thick with lies Girton finds friends he never expected, responsibilities he never wanted, and a conspiracy that could destroy an entire land.